Advances in Food Mycology

Book Overview

Understanding the fungi producing important mycotoxins.- Important mycotoxins and the fungi which produce them.- Recommendations concerning the chronic problem of misidentification of mycotoxigenic fungi associated with foods and feeds.- Media and method development in food mycology.- Comparison of hyphal length, ergosterol, mycelium dry weight, and colony diameter for quantifying growth of fungi from foods.- Evaluation of molecular methods for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441939415
• ISBN13: 9781441939418
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"